Wiki Platform Engineer

Job description

Location: Onsite - Montreal The opportunity: Valnet is seeking a highly analytical Wiki Platform Engineer to join our Fextralife brand. You will own the technical foundation of Fextralife, working with leadership to maintain and evolve our MediaWiki backend, build game-specific features, and shape the future of the platform. Fextralife is one of the largest gaming wiki networks in the world, covering hundreds of titles from Elden Ring and Dark Souls to Diablo and Monster Hunter. Millions of players rely on our wikis for builds, guides, and game knowledge. We’re building the next generation of our platform with smarter automation, better tooling, and deeply game-specific experiences. Key Responsibilities: - Own and evolve MediaWiki infrastructure (extensions, templates, Lua/Scribunto, performance) - Build game-specific features (maps, build tools, item databases, patch trackers) - Develop Python-based automation for page generation, ETL pipelines, and QA workflows - Extract, transform, and integrate structured game data (APIs, JSON/XML, community datasets) - Build and maintain data pipelines powering wiki content and analytics - Experiment with AI tools to accelerate content creatio...